Breast‐feeding, social variables, and infant mortality

A hazards model analysis of the case of Malaysia

Bibliographic Data

ID7668788
AuthorsBart Holland (0000-0002-3578-6555), Bart K Holland (University Medical Center of Princeton, corresponding author)
Year1987
Volume34
Issue1-2
Pages78-93
Publication date1987-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueBiodemography and Social Biology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1948-5565 • E-ISSN: 1948-5573
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/19485565.1987.9988662
PMID3686073
OpenAlexW2025624809
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited15

This study is an attempt to use a hazards model to estimate the relative risks of mortality experienced at different periods during the first year of life among Malaysian infants breast‐fed for various durations. Data on mortality, breast‐feeding, and social variables were obtained from the retrospective Malaysian Family Life Survey and were used after checking for quality and consistency. Using LOGLIN to calculate hazards models, essentially multidimensional life‐tables, we found that breast‐feeding had an effect on mortality independent of socio‐economic variables and birth cohort. There was a monotonic relationship between breastfeeding duration and lower infant mortality during each of four subdivisions of the first year of life. Breast‐feeding was a statistically significant predictor of mortality in the first six months. The results are compared with those from the Rand study, which employed regression rather than hazards models

Breast feeding · Breast milk · Breastfeeding · Confidence interval · Environmental health · Hazard ratio · Infant formula · Infant mortality · Population · Proportional hazards model · Regression analysis · Relative risk · Statistics · Birth, Development, and Health · Demography · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Health disparities and outcomes · Mathematics · Medicine · Pediatrics

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